The Wrestling Booking Sheet online newsletter

Issue # 367

Date: Monday October 25th, 1999 10:27 pm

The Wrestling Booking Sheet

ECW/TNN RATINGS FOR 10/22/1999
Reported by Dave Scherer at: http://www.1wrestling.com
ECW on TNN maintained a 1.2 rating for the second week in a row; the
T&A formula seems to be paying off big time as we head into November To
Remember.

DAVE MELTZER ON EYADA.COM
Most of you have heard of Dave Meltzer & The Wrestling Observer, though
many of you have not been exposed to The Observer (you don’t know what
your missing). Meltzer is also doing a free daily internet radio show,
which can be found at: http://www.eyada.com

The two hour show can be heard live from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM on the East
Coast, and 3:00 PM-5:00 PM on the West Coast. Meltzer & co-host Bryan
Alvarez discuss all of the breaking news stories of the day, and have
had quite a variety of featured guests (highlights include Chris
Benoit, Vince Russo, Terry Funk & Jim Cornette).

The previous days show is available to listen to at any time; those of
you who really have a deep interest in the inner-workings of wrestling
really do need to check this out! Meltzer is generally considered the
top wrestling journalist in the history of the business (not an
exaggeration, and almost without argument), and you will benefit by
being exposed to his knowledge of the business.
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WWF Raw Report - October 25, 1999
Live from Providence, RI
By Djnwo10
Posted by Robert Pasbani at http://pwbt.com

Before the show, the New Age Outlaws told Vince McMahon that they want
their tag team titles back. Vince said he can't give them a shot
because Edge & Christian are facing the Hollys. Triple H came in the
locker room and said he doesn't want to face Mankind. Badd Ass said
Triple H was scared. Triple H told him to shut up, and told McMahon to make
them face somebody so they would "shut up". Triple H came up with the
idea to make the Outlaws to face the Rock and Austin! McMahon then made
the match official!

Backstage, the Godfather was looking for Mark Henry. He found the door
he was in, then kicked it out finding Henry with all the ho'z! They
then went to the ring. Viceria and Mideon came to the ring. Viceria got
the mic and said he wants the match to be a "winner take ho match". The
Godfather accepted. During the match, Mark Henry did something allowing
Viceria to win! After the match, Viceria and Henry doubled teamed on
the Godfather. The ho'z went with Viceria, but two. Viceria then jumped
on both of them, including the Godfather!

- Backstage, the Rock said he doesn't care about teaming with Austin,
but come Survivor Series, he'll destroy Austin. In the ring, for the
tag team championship, the Holly's defended against Edge & Christian.
During the match, Brian Christopher and Scoot Taylor came to the ring
and attacked Edge and Christian! The Hardy's came down and attacked
them off! Backstage, Moolah and May Young were making up.

- Moolah and May Young came to the ring. Moolah said that she is unable
to defend the women's title a lot at her age, and she has decided to
officially retire! Ivory came down with some funny stuff saying that
she wants a another title shot. May Young attacked her from behind
creating a brawl between the two.

Backstage, Prince Albert talked to the Big Show, saying he's not the
Bossman, and he would never make fun of sick fathers or anything like
that, and he just wants to face the Big Show to test himself in the
ring.

- The Big Show foughtPrince Albert. During the match, the Big Bossman
came out and was holding some small clock. The Big Show threw Prince
Albertoutside and started to walk to the Bossman, but he told him to
stop. The Bossman said he went to the hospital and took a small clock
out of Wright's father's hand and threatened to smash it! Prince Albert
attacked the Big Show from behind allowing the Bossman to hit him with
a bar, knocking Wright off the ramp! The Bossman then smashed this
clock on the table!

- Intercontinental Champion Chyna came to the ring, and teamed with
D'Lo Brown. Chris Jericho came to the ring and got the mic and asked
which one in the audience wants to team with him. He picked some women
out of the audience, which was really Stevie Richards dressed as a
women to team withJericho. During the match, this woman tried to hit
Chyna, but got her clothes ripped off, revealing Stevie Richards. Chyna
pedigreed Richards to win.Jericho attacked Richards after the match.
Backstage, Vince McMahon was looking at Mick Foley's book while Mankind
came in. Mankind thanked him for the title shot. McMahon then asked
Mick why he thought his facial expressions are the best in the business
when he is scared?

- Triple H defended the WWF Title against Mankind. During the bout,
Mankind tried for Mr. Socko, but Triple H moved, which hung Mankind in the
ropes! Eventually, Mankind got out and the brawl went through the
crowd. Later, Triple H tried for the chair, but it was taken from him by the
ref. Mankind struck him with the belt, but it didn't end there. Later,
while Mr. Socko was applied on Triple H, Val Venis came down and hit
Mankind with a chair. Al Snow came down and helped Mankind out.

- Backstage, Michael Cole asked Stone Cold Steve Austin what he thought
about teaming with the Rock. Austin said that he has no problem with
the Outlaws, and as for the Rock, he has respect for him, but they are
not friends, and he better not get in Austin's face.

Kevin Kelly interviewed Kane and X-Pac. Kane said in his low voice that
Tori told him not to make fun of Bubba Ray, and now he'll have to beat
him. Kane told X-Pac to stay out of the match, and X-Pac had no problem
with it. The Dudley's attacked both men after this.

Backstage, while Shane McMahon and Test were talking, Stephanie McMahon
told Micheal Hayes that she is starting to feel better, and is starting
to regain memory, and she is looking forward to her wedding.

- The Dudley's Boys came down and Bubba started to make fun of Kane
with his voice box. Kane then came down and started the match. During
the match, the Dudley's both got in the ring and attacked Kane.
Backstage, Tori was telling X-Pac to get to the ring and help his
friend. Later, X-Pac came down and scared off the Dudley's. Kane didn't
look happy with it.

- In a steel cage match, the Bulldog fought Test. During the match,
while Test was getting over the cage, the Posse came through the crowd
and got in the cage and attacked Test. Before that, Test jumped off the
high cage onto the Bulldog! Shane McMahon came down and jumped off the
cage onto the Posse! Later, they all destroyed Shane. Test fought them
off later. Stephanie came down and helped her brother. Backstage, the
New Age Outlaws were preparing for their match.

- Backstage, Triple H told the Outlaws they're getting their @$$ kicked
tonight. At a bar, the Acolytes were getting a beer. Some people
challenged them to an arm wrestling match. All this turned into a huge
bar fight between everybody in the bar!

- The New Age Outlaws fought the unlikely team of Stone Cold Steve
Austin and the Rock. This was a back and forth slow paced match. Later,
the Rock got a hold of the Outlaws. During this, Triple H came down to
attack the Rock, butAustin fought him off, leading to a brawl on the
ramp. The Rock gave Badd Ass the rock bottom, but X-Pac came down and
hit the Rock. Then, Triple H, Road Dog, Gunn, and X-Pac all attacked the
Rock and Austin. In the end of the show, DX was reunited!!
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A LONGTIME FAN GIVES UP WRESTLING
Written by reader: Eric (Hogefan)

I'm quitting wrestling until Russo and Ferrera get fired.

There no longer is wrestling on TV. So the Outsiders are shown in a
match with breasts, because in wrestling, T&A is much more important
than wrestling matches.

And in wrestling, its much more entertaining to hear guys cuss and
threaten to kick somebody's ass, even though the ass kicking always
comes in the form of run-ins and backstage beatings. Does anybody beat
anybody anymore in the ring? Oh yeah, Goldberg does. Gotta admire what
Russo's done for Goldberg's character. Prior to Havoc, Goldberg's best
match of his career was against
Sting, in a match that ended with Goldberg in the Scorpion, and Sting
getting screwed in a run-in. So Russo, in all is genius, has Sting
completely squashed, which diminishes Sting's ability to beat Goldberg
without the aid of run-ins by guys who have baseball bats, crowbars,
.38's, etc. Good job, Russo. But I could be overreacting.

In the Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Smiley match (tournaments never should be
for the World title. The US Title would be a good forum for this), Bam
Bam crushes a trash can over Smiley's head. Then, with the same can
over the head of Smiley, Bam Bam bumps his head on the practically
stationary trash can and gets knocked out. Makes no sense, its
insulting to the intelligence
of wrestling fans, but it DID surprise me! I guess the mission was
accomplished.

Besides...breasts are coming up! WOO HOO!!!! And after all, you can't
have a wrestling match without gratuitous breast shots. Hey, maybe on
the next PPV, Nash will pee on somebody. It makes perfect sense,
because its entirely unexpected.

So going back to Goldberg, since Bam Bam can barely touch a trash can
with his head and get knocked out (only moments after smashing the same
can over Smiley), I guess an invincible Goldberg can get put in
Smiley's chicken wing and record his first clean loss in his career.
Even though it would make no sense, it WOULD be shocking. And what's
the point of making sense when WCW has now turned into a 3 hour sitcom?

This isn't a strip joint. Wrestling matches shouldn't involve women
jiggling their breasts. That should be reserved for strip joints. Even
WCW doesn't have women going this far. Congrats to WCW for pushing the
envelope farther (at the expense of wrestling).

What happened to Ted Turner's morals and views on "family TV"? I guess
when it comes to values and morals and drawing a line over which you
cannot cross, nothing stacks up to the importance of ratings.

If Russo and Ferrara are so damn creatively talented, let's see them
put on a winning "WRESTLING" show. They left WWF because there were no
challenges left and they wanted new challenges? YEAH RIGHT! They ran
out of ideas, which is
why they're turning WCW into the federation they've all ready
created. Some challenge. Well, they've succeeded. Now, since there's
nothing more to do in WCW, maybe they can accept a new "challenge" in
ECW.

I couldn't care less anymore. Wrestling angles completely fail to
make sense (Val Venis wants to entice Mankind into accepting a match
with him, so while Mankind is about to win the match, Venis ruins it
for him. That makes sense. Even an idiot would've waited till Mankind
won the match before attacking him. Then, the match would be for the
title). Good wrestling will no longer
be rewarded, as its taken a back seat to mic abilities and sense of
humor. Under the current system, do you think Benoit will EVER get a
World or US Title shot again? Keep dreaming.

So you guys can have this crap. I'm finished with it. Monday Not
Football, all the way...even the commercials. The stupid, immature and
inconsistent stories and the lack of wrestling isn't why I started
watching the sport in the first place.
-Eric (Muta's greatest fan)
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NITRO IS WAR
Written by reader: DXDGNR8CHK

Nitro has only been on for about a half an hour, and, ugh. I'm
watching and I am expecting to see the Undertaker or Vince McMahon come
out. I love WCW, I do, but they have got to stop this. It is waaaay too
similar to the WWF.

Already, I have noticed many similarities. First off, Madusa in a
World Title Tournament? Chyna, Royal Rumble, maybe Madusa will end up
with the Cruiserweight or US Title.

Second, the Kidman Cam {KC}. The Outlaws had something like
that, didn't they? Check the DX Home Video for an example of that. I
have said it before, I love WCW, they have amazing talent, and they can
definitely compete with the WWF, but they need something different. You
cannot put out the same product with a different label. That is not how
beating your competition
works. Soon every fan will notice this, and they may very well get
sick of it all and not watch either company at all.

I am not here to take a side in the never ending WCW vs. WWF wars. I am
here to say that the fans want what they want. But, IMO, what the fans
want is NOT another WWF.
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